#: 8957 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    30-Dec-90  12:14:15
Sb: #8939-#68000 ASM Language
Fm: William Phelps 75100,265
To: Jack Crenshaw 72325,1327 (X)

Re:base addresses & assembler assumptions
Why not use command line directives to tell the assembler what mode it is in? 
Some existing assembler have Motorola or OS-9 modes, and others have 68000 or 
68020 modes that are switched from the command line.
 
Re:natural language
I did not mean to try to include everything & the kitchen sink, as COBOL does. 
Only machine language and a method of accessing system calls should be in the 
assembly language.  Only two major changes would be necessary to make the 
assembly language look like "natural" language:(1) expanding the mnemonics to 
the words they represent, and (2) automatic definition of variables with their 
use.  It is obvious from XREF type programs that computers can handle variable 
definition better after they have been used.  The syntax for "natural" language 
would be almost identical to normal assembly language.
 
William

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